tech policy
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Trump’s Executive Order on Social Media Is the Worst Kind of Bullshit
On Thursday, Donald Trump escalated his inane, frothing, and mostly one-sided feud with Twitter and other social media companies he has accused of silencing right-wing voices online to a dangerous, legally questionable new level.
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U.S. Democrats Just Say No To All Apps After Iowa Disaster
The Nevada State Democratic Party has gotten a glimpse of the nightmarish fate that befell their counterparts in Iowa and will no longer be using an app to manage their upcoming primary caucuses, the Nevada Independent reported.
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Teen Vogue Yanks Puff Piece On Facebook’s Anti-Disinformation Efforts After People Found Out Facebook Paid For It
Teen Vogue deleted a glowing, 2,000-word-plus article touting Facebook’s efforts to fight online disinformation during the 2020 elections from its website on Wednesday after it became incredibly obvious that it was sponsored content, not a reported piece of journalism. In response, Teen Vogue and Facebook gave a bewildering series of excuses to reporters, even as…
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Report: Ransomware Goons Had A Great 2019, With At Least 948 Reported Attacks
Ransomware operators are closing out a year of extorting local governments, hospitals, and schools across the country with a bang, with at least four more U.S. cities falling victim to sophisticated scams this month alone and a recent report tallying the total number of incidents at nearly a thousand.